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Gidday , just sold my 70 series and got a 91 vx ltd 1HDT auto 159000km on the clock, factory electric winch, and a whole heap of buttons that I have no idea what they do.

1. What does the little stork under the indicator do? It says A/D and when pulled A/D comes up on the dash lights.

2. The fan only works when you push the demister button and comes on full noise only. Faulty buttons or is there a trick to it?

3. Whats the deal with the compass's in them? Are they any good or just a decoration?

4. What are the hand throttles like, and how many revs should it go up to when pulled right out?

5. Do they have a computer, and where is it?

6. Do you have to do anything to the electrics under the bonnet before playing in mud/water? (Bonnet depth)

7. Going to do the big ends on the next service , any idea on the price for parts?

8. Whats the suspension button for? It says sports and normal, does it give more articulation when in sports or does it stiffen the suspension for better on road performance?
Any other info is greatly appreciated.

What are the factory winches like? Any idea on pulling specs SWLs etc?

cornfarmer wrote:Gidday , just sold my 70 series and got a 91 vx ltd 1HDT auto 159000km on the clock, factory electric winch, and a whole heap of buttons that I have no idea what they do.

1. What does the little stork under the indicator do? It says A/D and when pulled A/D comes up on the dash lights..

Cruse control press the button on the end and it will turn on, pull level it cancels the cruse, flick up speed up, flick down set speed and then coast.

2. The fan only works when you push the demister button and comes on full noise only. Faulty buttons or is there a trick to it?

3. Whats the deal with the compass's in them? Are they any good or just a decoration?.

Decoration ive try to swing mine and it works but not to well.

4. What are the hand throttles like, and how many revs should it go up to when pulled right out?.

i get 2000
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5. Do they have a computer, and where is it?

6. Do you have to do anything to the electrics under the bonnet before playing in mud/water? (Bonnet depth)

7. Going to do the big ends on the next service , any idea on the price for parts?

8. Whats the suspension button for? It says sports and normal, does it give more articulation when in sports or does it stiffen the suspension for better on road performance? .

mine as this button too, but i have a 4" supension lift so i dont have the factor shocks..

Any other info is greatly appreciated.

Winch good for 3500kg of pull. i use a load cell from work to test it. but i wasnt keen to pull untill it stalled, i think she will stall about 4000kg

Jono

the fans on full noise i have the same fault it would be interesting if you find it before me
big end bearings got mine from cliff bond 87 ferry road round about 79 dollars mine were standard if that helps i still have the box here the compass i think its just decoratrion
compuer i dont think the have a computer
the water under bonnet i didnt have any issues with water in the electrics i had a problem with the water gettin ginto the auto getting in through the breather on the auto dipstick
factory winch is 10000 pound i found it fine for getting my self out use a winch block for hard winching
after i put a lockrite in the front diff i put on free wheeling hubs and noticed the steering alot lighter
does it have a draw bar i have a spear one here i have a few body parts bumpers etc let me know if there is any thing you need

Cheers mate, yeah it's got a draw bar and all the factory bumpers etc. Will eventually put a bar on the front and back as it's got no tow hooks.
Have you heard of people taking a wire off the gearbox so you can use low range without the center diff lock coming on?

yep peice of piss there are a couple of plugs on the transfer .one of which is the low range sensor .if you unplug this u can run low range without the centre diff locking up .(great for reversing a trailer ).cant remember which one ,trial and error will find it

Good stuff, cheers mate

Anyone got an idea of what it costs to do a timing belt and bigends in the 1HDT?

cornfarmer wrote:Anyone got an idea of what it costs to do a timing belt and bigends in the 1HDT?

if you do it yourself about $150.00 for both

if you get a workshop to do it, about $700.00 for both

How easy do the bigend bearings come off the crank/conrods? Do they lift easy or are they a pain?

cornfarmer wrote:How easy do the bigend bearings come off the crank/conrods? Do they lift easy or are they a pain?

piss easy if you know what your doing, not good if you dont as you can make a mess and screw it up. remember that they need to be spotless clean and pre lubed when they go on.

1 drain oil

2 remove gearbox support brakets

3 remove sump (no gasket,just siloconed on)

4 rotate crank by hand to get number one cylinder at the bottom of its stroke

5 remove big end cap and botom half of bearing cap

6 rotate crank slightly to push piston up a little then rotate crank back the other way to give clearance between conrod and crank to remove top half of bearing shell

7 inspect closely the shell that has come out to see what size it is

8 measure crank to make sure they are correct size

9 get new shells

10 fit perfectly clean,lubed shell to conrod then rotate crank up to keep it in position then fit bottom half to cap and bolt to rod.

11 tourque to (double check this as im only going off memory) 37nm then 90deg

12 repeat for 2-3-4-5-6

13 clean sump and poo back on with new flash silicone from toyota or use threebond

14 fit gearbox brace brakets back on and tighten

15 fill with oil and new filter

16 start it up and hope i havent missed anything